Golf Solitaire: Kings & Deuces

Video Transcript

"So, when you play the game of Golf Solitaire, there are basically three groups of cards, that you need to know. You've got Kings and Deuces, are one group. Aces, it's another grouping, and then all the other cards, and the reason that I specify this, is because these cards play a little bit differently, from the other ones, so let's look at how Kings play. The thing about Kings, is that if I get a sequence, where I work up to a King, the Queen goes to the King, there, and I have an option of going to an Ace, or down to a Queen. I need to consider my next move, in that, if I play this Ace, I have to stop, but if I play this Queen, I can keep going, as long as there are other options,and there are in this case. You've got some nice choices. I've actually reduced my score by several more points, by choosing to move away from this Ace, when I got to the King. Let's look at it on the other end. Let's say I draw a card, that enables me to play down to a deuce, so I've got this deuce, and it's got an Ace behind it, but here's the thing. If I go down to the Ace, again, I have to stop, but if I have the option to play some more somewhere else, normally that's what I'm going to want to do, because it's very hard to get down to zero in this game, but it's not hard to get a lower score than you would have, by choosing the worst option."